Sayeed Muhammad of DOT Awami League President Sheikh Hasina urged party activists to recount that the 11th national polls victory comes with sky high expectations that must be met if they want to win again. “Winning is difficult. It is also hard work maintaining victory by working for the good of the people. That is…
Arafat Hasan of DOT : The United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur Yanghee Lee arrived in Bangladesh yesterday to observe the Rohingya situation in the Cox’s Bazar district, despite being barred from entering Myanmar, reported the Dhaka Tribune. Lee, the UN special rapporteur on the human rights situation in Myanmar, will arrived from Thailand where she…
Abrar Hussain of DOT : Poles all over the country gathered in the port city of Gdansk yesterday for the funeral of murdered mayor Pawel Adamowicz, whose public stabbing has raised alarm about the hot issue of political hate speech in the Baltic country.Around 3,500 people, including Polish President Andrzej Duda and EU Council President…
Sayeed Muhammad of DOT : British Labour MP Tulip Siddiq, a niece of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, has given birth to a baby son, after she delayed her C-section to vote on the UK prime minister’s Brexit deal. The newborn, Raphael Mujib St John Percy, arrived around 10am on Thursday, causing her mother to celebrate…
Tasmiah Nuhiya Ahmed of DOT : On Apr 25 of 2016, a group of assailants armed with machetes broke into Xulhaz’s apartment in Dhaka’s Kalabagan and hacked him to death along with Tonoy. Their murders took place amid a series of executions carried out by extremists across the country that year. Xulhaz, a 35-year-old programme…
Prof Anu Muhammad speaks to DOT : The government’s existence lies in denying what really happened in the just-concluded 11th parliamentary elections held on December 30. Because, the government will lose its moral legitimacy if it concedes the report. AL knows it better about the TIB report since vote rigging took place under the aegis…
Newsonair: In Pakistan, a special medical board has said that former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is not completely well and more tests are required before suggesting treatment for him. A medical report released yesterday said that Sharif has vague symptoms of pain in both of his arms. Sharif is presently serving a seven years jail…
Tasmiah Nuhiya Ahmed of DOT : On Apr 25 of 2016, a group of assailants armed with machetes broke into Xulhaz’s apartment in Dhaka’s Kalabagan and hacked him to death along with Tonoy. Their murders took place amid a series of executions carried out by extremists across the country that year. Xulhaz, a 35-year-old programme…
Reuters: The death toll from the explosion of a pipeline ruptured by suspected fuel thieves in central Mexico has risen to 66, the governor of the state of Hidalgo said on Saturday. At a news conference with Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Hidalgo Governor Omar Fayad said 76 people had also been injured in Friday…
DOT Desk: Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad has stressed that Israelis should not come to Malaysia as the country does not have diplomatic relations with Israel, reports The Daily Star. Dr Mahathir said Malaysia had the right to keep its border closed to certain people, especially from countries the nation feels are doing a lot…